{"id":36744,"date":"2013-04-01T05:24:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T10:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=36744"},"modified":"2013-04-01T05:24:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T10:24:36","slug":"license-bureau-to-issue-daca-licenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/04\/01\/license-bureau-to-issue-daca-licenses\/","title":{"rendered":"License bureau to issue DACA licenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Bureau of Motor Vehicles news<\/em><\/p>\n<p>COLUMBUS \u2013<strong> <\/strong>The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) has instructed the state\u2019s deputy registrars to begin issuing temporary driver licenses to qualified Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) grantees, but only after first confirming applicants\u2019 immigration documents via the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) database. The extra security steps are designed to combat fraud or the use of counterfeit documents.<\/p>\n<p>BMV\u2019s decision was established after reviewing guidance expressed by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine that DACA grantees are eligible for temporary driver licenses under Ohio law.<\/p>\n<p>The BMV\u2019s instructions to Deputy Registrars will ensure consistent procedures are followed statewide when issuing the temporary licenses.\u00a0 Confirmation of applicants\u2019 immigrant documents will be made via the federal government\u2019s immigration database to verify their authenticity.\u00a0 Upon verification of applicants\u2019 documents they will be issued a non-renewable\/temporary license valid for the time period of their work authorization issued by USCIS, not to exceed two years.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government allows DACA grantees to work in the U.S. during the two-year length of their DACA status.\u00a0Individuals are eligible for DACA status if:\u00a0 they arrived in the U.S. before the age of 16; have no criminal history; are currently in school; have graduated from high school or received a general education development (GED) certificate; have been honorably discharged from the Coast Guard or Armed Forces of the United States; and are under the age of 31.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, 37 other states also issue temporary drivers licenses to DACA grantees.\u00a0Ohio is one of the few states to take the extra step of also confirming applicants\u2019 immigration documents through the federal government\u2019s database.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bureau of Motor Vehicles news COLUMBUS \u2013 The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) has instructed the state\u2019s deputy registrars to begin issuing temporary driver licenses to qualified Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) grantees, but only after first confirming applicants\u2019 immigration documents via the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) database. The extra security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 18:23:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}